Papers
16
Total Citations
162
H-Index
7
About
Alberto Lacaze is a pioneering robotics researcher whose career has centered on autonomous ground vehicles, intelligent control systems, and unmanned vehicle coordination. His most influential contribution — "Driving autonomously off-road up to 35 km/h" (2002, 74 citations) — demonstrated a landmark achievement in high-speed autonomous navigation, enabling a robotic wheeled vehicle to traverse rugged terrain at highway-adjacent speeds through dynamically feasible trajectory planning. This work, complemented by his earlier research on intelligent control for HMMWV-based platforms at NIST, helped establish foundational benchmarks for off-road autonomy that continue to influence the field. Lacaze has also made significant contributions to multi-robot coordination, leading the Reconnaissance and Autonomy for Small Robots (RASR) team in the MAGIC 2010 challenge, developing systems capable of executing complex military missions in dynamic urban environments. His research extends into unsupervised machine learning for robotics, value-driven behavior generation, and advanced path-planning algorithms such as Generalized Field D*. More recently, he has explored rapid disaster response through 3D-printed robotic platforms. With cumulative citations spanning foundational and applied robotics, Lacaze represents a versatile and enduring force in autonomous systems research.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Driving autonomously off-road up to 35 km/h74 citations · 2002
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- 3Multiresolutional intelligent controller for baby robot11 citations · 2002
- 43D printed rapid disaster response9 citations · 2015
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- 7Intelligent Control for Unmanned Vehicles8 citations · 2000
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- 9Path planning for robotic vehicles using generalized Field D*5 citations · 2008
- 10Sensor study for high speed autonomous operations3 citations · 2015